Una gallega baila mambo (1951)

• 64%
• 1951
• Comedia
• Niní Marshall
• Joaquín Pardavé
• Silvia Pinal

In this comedy by Director Emilio Gomez Muriel, actress Nini Marshall plays a Spanish noblewoman who moved to Mexico City with her daughter, Carmina, (Sylvia Pinal), and husband Marquis Don Fabian de Castro. Although he died many years ago, this clever widow chooses not to tell her late husband's family back home. She does this so that she will continue to receive the stipend or pension that goes along with the title of Marquis. Dona Candida uses this money to keep their home in a well-to-do neighborhood and to maintain a rather comfortable lifestyle for herself and her lovely daughter. However, problems, (and comedic situations), arise after the Peralvillo-Cozumel Trucking Company builds a new terminal right outside the upper-crust family's front door. Although initially perturbed by the noise, clutter and crude behavior of the workers, Dona Candida quickly notices that the Lead Truck Driver could easily be mistaken for her deceased spouse, (while Carmina quietly takes a shine to ...